Elections have consequences when Republicans win

[Bandit]

When Democrats win, not so much..Republicans are going to town putting into place their ideas of how Business should rule the land. When Democrats had control they didn't do anything without republican involvement..and even then Republicans squeeled like stuck pigs..It is going to be almost impossible to reverse the things Republicans are doing throughout the states now..Once they sell off assets there will be no getting them back.. State Parks, State Untilities, anything and everything the States own is going on the chopping block and at fire sale prices..America used to be a caring country that tried to take of those least fortunate but that is now ancient history.. Now Corporations Rule....

[Ed Suspicious]

1. I just am in shock over...

how so much has been done in such a short period of time. A month into most of them taking office and my state explodes? How can they have that much power?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Good call

They are ramming a lot of truly horrific legislation down our throats. Of course, none of it is related to job creation or, you know, making the lives of the average citizen any better. In fact, I'd argue that it's only getting worse. The media gave so much undeserved attention and prominence to the so-called "Tea Party" during the past two years and it has brought nothing but more Republican-induced misery for the rest of us. :puke:

[Tesha]

7. THIS is how political power is actually exercised, not through...

...negotiations in which you BEGIN by abandoning
your position in favor of your enemy's position.

Democrats have proven they were entirely incapable
of governing and we all lost in that demonstration.
Remeber this the next time you're helping the Democrats
choose their candidates for office!

Tesha

[FiveGoodMen]

8. "How can they have that much power?"

They don't seem to have any real opposition.

If the Dems would stand up and fight the enemy instead of compromising with their most unacceptable wishes, we'd have SOME chance.

[Armstead]

11. Bingo -- it's not compromise when you start with the assumption of losing

[Blue Owl]

2. The GOP is doing the opposite of bipartisanship

They are just dragging things over to their miserable side.

[MisterP]

9. though ironically you get the same results as you do with bipartisanship nt

[gateley]

4. Sorry, but just have to whine/bitch/accuse again - this is what happens when Dems don't vote. nt

[gratuitous]

5. This is also what happens when Dems vote . . .

And the officials they elect decline to govern as if they had a mandate. "Four more years of holding patterns and rearguard actions!" isn't exactly a rallying cry.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. A lot of Dems didn't vote because the elected Dems vote for puke policies

And if you can't fix that second problem, then the first one hardly matters.

[gateley]

16. So why even bother? Maybe pressure could be brought to bear for the Dem

to vote the right way a time or two. Not a chance in hell if you have a Republican in the seat.

Sorry, I just feel strongly about this - there is no justification, no excuse. I feel betrayed by my fellow Dems who don't even try.

[gadjitfreek]

6. They have eBayed our country.

[lunatica]

12. Republican are the abusers and Democrats are the pliant victims

It's like a bad marriage.

[old mark]

13. Democrats didn't have choices, bullshit. If you had worked for good candidates and

voted in the primaries, and then taken the trouble to actually vote in the elections, things would have been better.
The current Democrats are indeed pretty spineless, but to say they are identical to the GOP liars and thugs is fucking nonsensical.


mark

[Tesha]

14. We did all this in 2008. The result was almost-entirely lost in the U.S. Senate.

2010 was the obvious outcome of almost-complete capitulation
to the Republicans by Senate "Democrats".

Tesha

[Kat45]

15. Yes, the Dems have been spineless but the R's in charge have been ghastly!

They're working to destroy anything and everything that is helpful to we the people--and they appear to be succeeding.

[TheKentuckian]

17. Spineless is only a part of the issue. There is also the complicity.

No, they aren't the same as the Republicans just the end results aka more wage destruction, poorer distribution of resources, the same base economic ideology, ever growing corporate capture, robber barons enriched, increased poverty, less jobs for shrinking wages, same bullshit wars, and of course the ongoing erosion of our civil liberties.

I continue to believe the biggest difference is constituency. The Democrats can only be so worthless and or crappy and hold enough voters.